Earlier this afternoon, a deranged lunatic poured gasoline then deployed an incendiary device right outside 26 Federal Plaza in New York City, causing a fire.
Two federal employees and one civilian suffered minor injuries.
The alleged terrorist was arrested by law enforcement and taken into custody shortly afterwards.
Now, this suspect has been identified as 43-year-old Andrew Arrabaca.
If you haven’t seen it yet, here’s footage from the scene, including Arrabaca’s arrest:
New video shows suspect Andrew Arrabaca allegedly pouring gasoline and setting a fire outside Manhattan's 26 Federal Plaza, home to New York's immigration court and ICE offices.
Arrabaca is now in custody. Sources tell Fox News he had "anti-ICE stuff on him" at the time of the… pic.twitter.com/xRgC86rCuP
— Fox News (@FoxNews) July 20, 2026
New video shows suspect Andrew Arrabaca allegedly pouring gasoline and setting a fire outside Manhattan’s 26 Federal Plaza, home to New York’s immigration court and ICE offices.
Arrabaca is now in custody. Sources tell Fox News he had “anti-ICE stuff on him” at the time of the alleged attack.
Fox News also shared a clearer photo from Arrabaca’s arrest:
The man accused of deploying an incendiary device outside of a federal building in New York City has been identified as Andrew Arrabaca, two law enforcement sources have confirmed to Fox News Digital.
The sources both confirmed that Arrabaca had "anti-ICE stuff on him" at the… pic.twitter.com/R0tg9JviXq
— Fox News (@FoxNews) July 20, 2026
Andrew Arrabaca is a former U.S. Army soldier.
Reportedly, he had multiple weapons on him, along with “anti-ICE literature.”
In a press conference, the FBI broke down everything they know about Arrabaca, so far.
Per Newsweek:
The suspect, identified by FBI Assistant Director in Charge James Barnacle as Army veteran Andrew Arrabaca, 43, was taken into custody following the incident outside the Lower Manhattan federal building, which houses agencies including the FBI and Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE).
“We take this very seriously,” Barnacle told reporters during a press conference Monday afternoon. “On his cart—he had a cart—he had anti-ICE literature on it. When he was being arrested, he yelled derogatory terms to ICE, used bad words obviously. He is an anti-American, anti-government extremist—we know that from what he said, we know that from he has said post-arrest and we know that from the actions he tried to take today.”
New York City Police Department Commissioner Jessica Tisch said an investigation into the incident, which was first reported to police as an active shooter around 8:30 a.m. Monday, remains ongoing. Subsequent calls reported an explosive and a suspect setting off fireworks, she said.
Arrabaca, of Poughkeepsie, was quickly taken into custody by federal officers, Tisch said. He has yet to be formally charged.
Videos from the scene appeared to show a wagon believed to belong to the suspect bearing the message, “ICE Off Our Streets.”
Watch a clip from the FBI’s press conference here:
🚨 BREAKING: The FBI confirms anti-ICE terrorist Andrew Arrabaca poured gasoline at the employee entrance to Federal Plaza in NYC, and ignited it with a lighter and "incendiary device"
He needs to be charged with TERRORISM
Arrabaca had 2 axes, a hammer, machete, three knives, a… pic.twitter.com/YHkm8iZf3i
— Nick Sortor (@nicksortor) July 20, 2026
At this time, Arrabaca has not been charged yet.
But, the FBI says that he has confessed to targeting the building due to anti-government extremism.
In other words, this was an act of left-wing, anti-ICE terrorism — and, it should be charged as such!
But, ironically, the only civilian that Arrabaca ended up hurting today was an illegal immigrant who was trying to get to his immigration hearing.
The FBI confirmed in this clip:
FBI Announces Left-Wing Terrorist Andrew Arrabaca Admitted to His Intentions to Harm People and NYC Federal Building.
-His goal was to target the building
-He was ok with hurting or killing people going in and out
-The one civilian victim was ironically an immigrant who had a… pic.twitter.com/sCtj8hAog3
— Benny Johnson (@bennyjohnson) July 20, 2026
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